Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation

In an astonishing confrontation in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Trump lectured President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa with false claims about a genocide against white Afrikaner farmers, even dimming the lights to show what he said was video evidence of their persecution.

The meeting had been expected to be tense, given that Trump has suspended all aid to the country and created an exception to his refugee ban for Afrikaners, fast-tracking their path to citizenship even as he keeps thousands of other people out of the United States.

The meeting quickly became a stark demonstration of Mr. Trump’s belief that the world has aligned against white people, and that Black people and minorities have received preferential treatment.

Ramaphosa had along with him several white South Africans, including some golfers and a Billionaire, to support his argument that whites are not targeted. The South Africans acknowledged there's a crime issue in South Africa, not a crime against whites issue.

Elon Musk, who's been critical of Ramaphosa and pushing false genocide claims.

“Elon happens to be from South Africa,” Trump said. “This is what Elon wanted.”